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ネットワークセキュリティインテリジェンス Registrar context
Registrar contextNiceNIC
Stored registration data identifies NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED (IANA 3765) as the registrar. PhishDestroy maintains separate NiceNIC abuse-report research; registrar association is contextual and is not an independent detection for this domain.
casebattles.top posed as the official site of CASE-BATTLE, a CS:GO case-opening and skin-gambling brand. Its Russian-language page title, "CASE-BATTLE :: Официальный Сайт — У нас выигрывают крутые скины CS:GO", translates as "CASE-BATTLE :: Official Site — Our players win cool CS:GO skins". It targeted Russian-speaking Counter-Strike players. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-25, and by 2026-10-19 the domain no longer resolved in DNS.
How the scam works
Clones of case-opening sites borrow a familiar brand name and the promise of rare skins to win a player's trust. The usual hook is a "Sign in through Steam" button that opens a fake Steam login window, which captures the username, password and Steam Guard code. Some clones also take deposits for cases that never pay out. With a hijacked Steam account, operators can trade away the victim's inventory, change recovery details and lock the owner out, so the loss is both the skins and the account.
Evidence
Six of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-10-02: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, LevelBlue, SOCRadar and Sophos. That is a modest count, so many security products would not have warned visitors. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as spam, and it appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which means other researchers tracked it separately. PhishDestroy lists it on our own blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-12-09 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, about nine and a half months before we detected it. A long gap like this often means the domain sat parked or circulated quietly before it drew wider attention. The site was hosted on Host Sailor Ltd's network in the Netherlands. It used a free, automatically issued Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser said nothing about whether the site was legitimate.
What to do
If you signed in to Steam through this site, change your Steam password from the official Steam app or client right away. Then deauthorize all other devices, check that your Steam Guard authenticator is still yours and revoke any Steam Web API key you did not create. Look through your trade history and active trade offers for transfers you did not make, and report the account theft to Steam Support. If you deposited money or skins, report it to your payment provider quickly. Security teams should block the domain and look for close variants imitating CASE-BATTLE that target the same players.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 10/1003 brand signals
Submitted URLhttps://casebattles.top/
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認定と RAA の背景
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 非アクティブreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation不明Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-20 02:42:20 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-10 10:45:33 UTClast content: 2026-10-10 10:45:33 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-10 20:20:48 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-10 10:45:33 UTC → 2026-10-10 20:20:48 UTC · 9.59hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-10 15:33:10 UTC · precision medium · basis bounded
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.casebattles.topDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
PDF notice generated Notice text archived (416 chars)
Abuse notice text as sent to the provider
Registrar: NICENIC International Group Co., Limited (Hong Kong (China))
Policy Violations: “Services may be used only for lawful purposes… fraud, abuse and illegal activity prohibited. Violations may result in immediate suspension.” + dedicated abuse handling and takedown
Applicable Laws: Crimes Ordinance Cap.200 (Fraud), Theft Ordinance Cap.210 §16A (fraud by deception), Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Cap.486
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
地元の警察 — たとえ直ちに行動を起こせなくても、公式な記録が残される
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
詐欺による金銭の返還を装った詐欺 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
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A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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